Boston Celtics 109, Brooklyn Nets 121 — Recap

March 11, 2021 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Boston Celtics 109, Brooklyn Nets 121. Scoring by quarter: Q1 BOS 29-23 BKN; Q2 BOS 26-35 BKN; Q3 BOS 31-30 BKN; Q4 BOS 23-33 BKN.

Top performers (box score): Kyrie Irving (BKN) 40 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 threes on 15-of-23 shooting; Jayson Tatum (BOS) 31 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 threes on 13-of-22 shooting; James Harden (BKN) 22 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 threes on 6-of-16 shooting; Marcus Smart (BOS) 19 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 threes on 4-of-6 shooting; Landry Shamet (BKN) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 6-of-12 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BKN

Kyrie Irving

40 PTS, 8 REB, 3 AST, 5 3PM · 15-23 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jayson Tatum

31 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST, 3 3PM · 13-22 FG

Scoring · BKN

James Harden

22 PTS, 10 REB, 8 AST, 1 3PM · 6-16 FG

Season highs

Landry Shamet · Season-high 6 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
BOS	29	26	31	23		109
BKN	23	35	30	33		121

🧮 How They Scored

BOSBKN

46Points in the paint44

15Fast-break points12

18Second-chance points28

16Points off turnovers18

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

52.2%Effective FG%58.5%

9.8%Turnover %12.5%

24.4%Offensive rebound %28.2%

0.242Free-throw rate0.250

Box Score

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jaylen Brown G	40	13	5	6	4	0	4	5-23	3-12	0-1	-3
Jayson Tatum F	36	31	5	3	1	0	2	13-22	3-7	2-2	+1
Kemba Walker G	34	11	3	2	1	1	2	5-12	1-7	0-0	-7
Daniel Theis F	28	17	8	0	2	1	0	7-10	1-3	2-2	+6
Marcus Smart G	21	19	2	2	0	1	0	4-6	3-5	8-9	-12
Tristan Thompson C-F	19	8	6	2	0	0	2	4-6	0-0	0-4	+4
Robert Williams III C-F	17	2	4	4	1	6	0	1-4	0-0	0-0	-13
Grant Williams F	16	0	5	0	1	0	0	0-2	0-2	0-0	-18
Jeff Teague G	15	5	1	1	0	1	1	1-1	1-1	2-4	-13
Payton Pritchard G	13	3	0	2	0	0	0	1-5	1-3	0-0	-5

Brooklyn Nets

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
James Harden G	38	22	10	8	1	2	7	6-16	1-8	9-9	+3
Kyrie Irving G	34	40	8	3	1	1	3	15-23	5-8	5-5	+1
Landry Shamet G	32	18	4	2	0	0	0	6-12	6-9	0-0	+21
Joe Harris F-G	31	12	3	0	1	1	1	4-10	3-9	1-2	+6
DeAndre Jordan C	27	4	8	1	0	0	1	2-3	0-0	0-2	-1
Jeff Green F	25	11	3	3	0	0	0	3-8	2-4	3-4	+18
Bruce Brown G	19	4	3	2	0	0	2	2-9	0-1	0-0	-4
Nicolas Claxton F-C	18	4	4	0	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	+10
Tyler Johnson G	17	6	2	2	0	0	0	2-4	2-3	0-0	+6

🔬 Advanced Stats

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Jayson Tatum	Bench	36	31	67.7	28.4	-4.6	20.4
Marcus Smart	Bench	21	19	95.4	19.6	-38.9	18.0
Daniel Theis	Bench	28	17	78.1	16.2	+6.5	18.9
Jaylen Brown	Bench	40	13	27.7	27.6	-6.6	2.8
Kemba Walker	Bench	34	11	45.8	16.7	-15.3	5.6
Tristan Thompson	Bench	19	8	51.5	20.8	+10.0	5.9
Jeff Teague	Bench	15	5	90.6	11.4	-43.3	6.4
Payton Pritchard	Bench	13	3	30.0	16.1	-17.2	1.6
Robert Williams III	Bench	17	2	25.0	10.5	-37.1	12.2
Grant Williams	Bench	16	0	0.0	5.3	-52.9	3.2

Brooklyn NetsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kyrie Irving	Bench	34	40	79.4	34.6	+7.5	27.9
James Harden	Bench	38	22	55.1	30.7	+8.2	13.6
Landry Shamet	Bench	32	18	75.0	15.8	+38.4	10.7
Joe Harris	Bench	31	12	55.1	16.4	+12.5	5.1
Jeff Green	Bench	25	11	56.4	17.2	+40.0	9.3
Tyler Johnson	Bench	17	6	75.0	9.8	+25.6	7.5
Bruce Brown	Bench	19	4	22.2	22.9	-4.8	-5.7
DeAndre Jordan	Bench	27	4	51.5	7.9	+2.2	5.3
Nicolas Claxton	Bench	18	4	66.7	7.0	+30.9	5.2